FURUICHI, Takahisa
- Postdoctoral Fellow (KSI)
- Division of Human-Nature Dynamics
- tfur@cseas.kyoto-u.ac.jp
- Bachelor of Science, Faculty of Science, Tohoku University, 1992
- Master of Science, Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University, 1995
PhD, The Australian National University, 2007 (concurrent research at CSIRO
Land and Water)
Current Research Interests
- Sediment budgeting of lake catchment
- Land and water management in Southeast Asia
The Environmental Policy of Asian Development Bank (ADB) in 2002 wrote
that “soil erosion is Asia’s most serious natural resource problem.” The
livelihood of rural people in Southeast Asia still largely depends on agriculture
that requires soil and land. This is the reason why the ADB defined this
policy in the context of the mainstreaming of “poverty reduction” in the
international development community. Hydrological data indicate that suspended
sediment yield from Southeast Asian land to the oceans is the second largest
in the world. Considering the ongoing deforestation in Southeast Asia,
soil erosion is likely to have been accelerated in the region.
Sediment budgets are a useful and powerful conceptual framework to quantify
sediment movement in various forms and scales, depending on which form
and scale of budgets will be most effective for addressing particular scientific
or management questions. My previous study showed that the combination
of sediment sourcing, sediment dating, and hydrological monitoring allows
the construction of sediment budgets that are meaningful for lake catchment
management. The provision of a guide for land and water management based
on sediment budgets, contextualized by local and regional socio-economic
situations, is my current research interest.
Research Activities in 2006 Fiscal Year
Publications | Joint Research Projects | Field Research |
Seminars/Symposia | Database | Academic Associations |
Outside Activities | Awards
- Publication
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- Furuichi, T., Olley, J.M., and Wasson, R.J., 2006. Suspended sediment sourcing
in a larger, monsoon tropic catchment of Lake Inle, Myanmar (Burma). Abstract for the Conference of International Geographical Union in Brisbane,
Australia.
- Furuichi, T., 2006. Rapid assessment of impact of sedimentation in Lake
Inle, Myanmar (Burma). New Mandala, 27 June 2006, 1-3.
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